A couple of days ago I saw an odd movie called *Convicts 4*. Anyone know if this movie was massively cut at some time since it was made? In the print they showed, Rod Steiger and Broderick Crawford were only in one scene each, and Sammy Davis Jr was in two scenes and then all three disappeared as though they had quit the movie, and that seemed very odd!
I also had no clue which convicts other than the lead character were intended to be the "4" of the title, which also led me to believe parts were missing. Also Timothy Carey was in it with a ridiculous accent (it seemed dubbed). Finally, I tried to search for more details on the real life guy the movie was based on, and came up almost completely empty! The movie has massive parallels to a far better movie made at the same time, Birdman of Alcatraz. Just substitute art for birds. But that movie was wonderful and this movie was bizarre. Steiger's cameo could have been cut out from an entirely different movie. He played a guard named "Tiptoes" and in his only scene he delivered a cool explanation on why he was sadistic, and then he completely vanished. Anyone know more about any of this? -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
